#BB5399#BB5399

#BB5399 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.157 H 341.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5399
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 153)
HSL	hsl(320, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(320, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.75, 50.19, -18.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.75, 53.41, 340.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% 0.1491 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.157 341.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3371, 19.0536, 32.2634)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5399 #53BB75

analogous

#A953BB #BB5399 #BB5365

triadic

#BB5399 #99BB53 #5399BB

tetradic

#BB5399 #BBA953 #53BB75 #5365BB

square

#BB5399 #BBA953 #53BB75 #5365BB

split-complementary

#BB5399 #65BB53 #53BBA9

monochromatic

#6A2A55 #963B78 #BB5399 #CC7FB3 #DEABCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BB5399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#BB5399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5399

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5399	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6E9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777F96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5546F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.157 341.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d288b7',
    500: '#bb5399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5399;
$custom-light: #d288b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 319.615,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59586,
    "c": 0.15686,
    "h": 341.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5399

secondary

#9ECBAD

accent

#D37E55

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAF0F6

border

#D3CBD0

text

#140C11

muted

#837D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5399

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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